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Chaoying Zhao

Chaoying Zhao

Los Angeles, CA, US

 

About 

I design serious playful spaces, things and stories that evokes empathy. Architecture for me is positioned as an active character in the world, enacting a future full of wonder, humor, color, and delight. 

Employment 

Smith Group, Los Angeles, CA, US, Architect I

Aug 2024 - current
 

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, US, Teaching Assistant

• Assisted in teaching for course ARCH&UD 223, ARCH&UD 142, answering weekly questions, recording class content.
• Giving weekly 2-hour maya, blender and Premiere workshop about dynamic modeling and film making

Apr 2023 - current
 

Smith Group, Los Angeles, CA, US, Architectural Intern

• Façade graphic design for USC Discovery & Translational Hub with Grasshopper, Photoshop and Illustrator
• façade detail drawing with Revit
• Façade chunk Physical model making
• Concept diagram animation making with Lumion 12

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
 

Continuation Studio, Los Angeles, CA, US, Architectural Intern

• Involved in façade details, interior design, lighting design, diagrams and 3D visualization of Speck stone Village Reconstruction (Yoga Pavilion, Recreation center) in Guizhou
• furniture design of The Terraced House in Zhoushan, China;
• 3D visualization of Scientists' Accommodation in Liangzhu, China

Jun 2021 - Sep 2021
 

Zhiguan Intuitive Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, CN, Lighting design Intern

• Involved in design, experiment and creation of new building material (translucent cement brick) exhibited at Venice Biennale and Shanghai Long Museum

Apr 2018 - Jul 2018
 

Jiangmu Home Style, Hangzhou, CN, Furniture Design Intern

• Involved in design and manufacture of personalized furniture with carpentry skills

Jul 2017 - Aug 2017
 

Education 

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, US, Bachelors, Master of Architecture

Third year student, GPA: 3.9/4.0

Graduated with Distinction, 06/2024, UCLA
SNW Development Scholarship Fund, 06/2023, UCLA
Oxman Fellowship Fund, 06/2022, UCLA
2-year University Fellowship, 09/2021~present, UCLA

Sep 2021 - Jun 2024
 

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, US, High School, Bachelor of Fine Arts

Focusing on interior Architecture

Marya Lillien Foundation Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, 01/2020, SAIC

Jan 2019 - May 2021
 

Awards 

Works Exhibited in Killscreen gallery, Los Angeles, Award

Exhibited Work: “ Remaking Santa Monica”

2024
 

2X8 COLAB 2024 Scholarship in memoriam of Stephen Kanner, FAIA, Award

It was formed to introduce student work to the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction industries.

To celebrate the pedagogical diversity of schools across California, 2×8 invites multiple schools across the state to participate and allows student projects to receive scholarships at the opening event.

2024
 

SNW Development Scholarship Fund, Scholarship

2023
 

Oxman Fellowship Fund, Scholarship

2022
 

Works Exhibited in 2021 Beijing Urban and Architecture Biennale, Award

Exhibited Work: “ Metaverse Architecture – The Unbuilt World”

2021
 

Marya Lillien Foundation Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Honorable Mention

2021
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills